Liz Tupper
@liztupper.bsky.social
MPLS, Senior Director of Product by day, MN Digital Services co-founder, dogs, gardening, kids, and travel.
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Technically, this is a book of spells.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Technically, this is a book of spells.
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To get a job as a CEO of a transit agency you should either have been a transit reliance rider or have been a bus driver.
🚌 Strategies used to turnaround Akron’s bus system:
1. CEO used to be a bus driver, now rides the bus with customers
2. Run buses every 15 minutes, 7 days a week
3. Concentrate on most needed services
4. Reduce job requirements
“If we’re not using our product, why should anybody else use it?”
1. CEO used to be a bus driver, now rides the bus with customers
2. Run buses every 15 minutes, 7 days a week
3. Concentrate on most needed services
4. Reduce job requirements
“If we’re not using our product, why should anybody else use it?”
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
To get a job as a CEO of a transit agency you should either have been a transit reliance rider or have been a bus driver.
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Melissa Hortman was only 55 years old. She had a lot more to do. It is so bitter and so sad that her life was taken - assassinated for fighting for what she believed in.
It will now be up to us to carry on these fights.
It will now be up to us to carry on these fights.
June 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Melissa Hortman was only 55 years old. She had a lot more to do. It is so bitter and so sad that her life was taken - assassinated for fighting for what she believed in.
It will now be up to us to carry on these fights.
It will now be up to us to carry on these fights.
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Wow. Emily Koski drops out of the mayor’s race! x.com/toreyvanoot/... Via Torrey Van Oot on X. (This was likely money trouble, allows lefties to roll up behind Dewayne Davis, Jazz Hampton & Omar Fateh with their 3 choices.)
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wow. Emily Koski drops out of the mayor’s race! x.com/toreyvanoot/... Via Torrey Van Oot on X. (This was likely money trouble, allows lefties to roll up behind Dewayne Davis, Jazz Hampton & Omar Fateh with their 3 choices.)
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initial reports made this sound like a minor failed attempt
This video shows the fire damage inside the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion.
Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.
Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.
April 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
initial reports made this sound like a minor failed attempt
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The Developer Success Lab is looking for engineers who work in infrastructure for a research study investigating the working experience of SREs, platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and software developers who maintain or develop infrastructure.
forms.gle/YJ1uSmSJHC6Y...
forms.gle/YJ1uSmSJHC6Y...
Register your interest for our infrastructure workers' interview study
The Developer Success Lab is looking for individuals interested in having a 1 hour, remote, conversation with a member of our research team in the next few weeks (April 16–May 16). Specifically, we're...
forms.gle
April 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Developer Success Lab is looking for engineers who work in infrastructure for a research study investigating the working experience of SREs, platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and software developers who maintain or develop infrastructure.
forms.gle/YJ1uSmSJHC6Y...
forms.gle/YJ1uSmSJHC6Y...
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“Taken individually, many of these closures may seem reasonable, but when viewed as a network of transportation infrastructure, they’re incredibly disruptive. Commutes are detoured and errands are waylaid in ways that we would never impose on motorists.”
streets.mn/2025/04/08/c...
streets.mn/2025/04/08/c...
Closed Bridges: How to Bike Across a River in 2025
This summer, cyclists will need to plan carefully if they hope to cross the Mississippi or Minnesota rivers. Here’s a rundown all the bridge closures.
streets.mn
April 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Taken individually, many of these closures may seem reasonable, but when viewed as a network of transportation infrastructure, they’re incredibly disruptive. Commutes are detoured and errands are waylaid in ways that we would never impose on motorists.”
streets.mn/2025/04/08/c...
streets.mn/2025/04/08/c...
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👩💻 Minnestar Community Coworking
Join us April 15 from 8 AM–5 PM at Coco Downtown for a day of coworking and connection!
Drop in for an hour or stay all day — we’ll have space, snacks, and good vibes.
🎟️ Seats are limited, so save yours now: minnecowork.eventbrite.com
Join us April 15 from 8 AM–5 PM at Coco Downtown for a day of coworking and connection!
Drop in for an hour or stay all day — we’ll have space, snacks, and good vibes.
🎟️ Seats are limited, so save yours now: minnecowork.eventbrite.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
👩💻 Minnestar Community Coworking
Join us April 15 from 8 AM–5 PM at Coco Downtown for a day of coworking and connection!
Drop in for an hour or stay all day — we’ll have space, snacks, and good vibes.
🎟️ Seats are limited, so save yours now: minnecowork.eventbrite.com
Join us April 15 from 8 AM–5 PM at Coco Downtown for a day of coworking and connection!
Drop in for an hour or stay all day — we’ll have space, snacks, and good vibes.
🎟️ Seats are limited, so save yours now: minnecowork.eventbrite.com
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Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning people to watch out for scam texts telling recipients that they have outstanding E-ZPass fines. The messages often look urgent and say failure to pay will lead to a bigger fine.
MnDOT warns of E-ZPass text scams demanding outstanding toll fines
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning people to watch out for scam texts telling recipients they have outstanding E-ZPass fines.
www.mprnews.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning people to watch out for scam texts telling recipients that they have outstanding E-ZPass fines. The messages often look urgent and say failure to pay will lead to a bigger fine.
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The Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library aims to demystify cargo bikes by letting people get to know them a bit before they commit, like speed dating a new technology. buff.ly/ocgHMcE
Groups offer free loaners, training to demystify useful cargo e-bikes
Cargo bike library in Minneapolis hope to spread the gospel of what’s actually the nation’s most promising technology.
buff.ly
March 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library aims to demystify cargo bikes by letting people get to know them a bit before they commit, like speed dating a new technology. buff.ly/ocgHMcE
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
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What I need young people to understand is that, while it may be fine and normal for them to move in herds while dressed in 1990s fashion and haircuts, for me as a 40-year-old woman it is like passing through a cloud of ghosts
March 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What I need young people to understand is that, while it may be fine and normal for them to move in herds while dressed in 1990s fashion and haircuts, for me as a 40-year-old woman it is like passing through a cloud of ghosts
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Found in Northeast Minneapolis: this sweet boy. I found this friendly boy during my run this morning on Ridgway Parkway. Do you recognize him?
March 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Found in Northeast Minneapolis: this sweet boy. I found this friendly boy during my run this morning on Ridgway Parkway. Do you recognize him?
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Bollards. Now.
It’d be cool if people could stop driving in the Blaisdell bikelane.
It’d be really cool if we did *something* to this protected bikeway design to make sure drivers don’t end up unsafely & illegally driving cars in the bikelane (whether on accident or on purpose).
This isn’t safe.
It’d be really cool if we did *something* to this protected bikeway design to make sure drivers don’t end up unsafely & illegally driving cars in the bikelane (whether on accident or on purpose).
This isn’t safe.
March 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Bollards. Now.
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My gut says this is a private equity style move: sell off buildings to those buying favor, then lease the space back to whatever is left of the government at a premium.
The GSA has just listed eight courthouses (and a courthouse annex) for disposal.
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My gut says this is a private equity style move: sell off buildings to those buying favor, then lease the space back to whatever is left of the government at a premium.
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SOTU seats are not assigned. There are general seating areas for each body (House, Senate, SCOTUS,etc) but there are honored seats for each party’s leadership and they’re even trying to squat those.
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SOTU seats are not assigned. There are general seating areas for each body (House, Senate, SCOTUS,etc) but there are honored seats for each party’s leadership and they’re even trying to squat those.
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
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You might know us from the guides we have put together, like the de-risking guide and the UX guide. Governments all around the world have used them to make services more accessible and add more value to the public — all while saving millions of dollars. You can still find them here: 18f.org/guides/
18F Guides
A central resource for all 18F guides and methods
18f.org
March 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You might know us from the guides we have put together, like the de-risking guide and the UX guide. Governments all around the world have used them to make services more accessible and add more value to the public — all while saving millions of dollars. You can still find them here: 18f.org/guides/
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Ppl who are good with money things:
What would you do if you have like $30k in debt, most of it from accumulated medical expenses that continue to accumulate today?
I keep moving it around on credit cards that are zero interest. BUT…
What would you do if you have like $30k in debt, most of it from accumulated medical expenses that continue to accumulate today?
I keep moving it around on credit cards that are zero interest. BUT…
March 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Ppl who are good with money things:
What would you do if you have like $30k in debt, most of it from accumulated medical expenses that continue to accumulate today?
I keep moving it around on credit cards that are zero interest. BUT…
What would you do if you have like $30k in debt, most of it from accumulated medical expenses that continue to accumulate today?
I keep moving it around on credit cards that are zero interest. BUT…
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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
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A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!
BikeTag #20 by JaredSund
Hint: Bryant
twincities.biketag.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!